Trump shot in ear at US election campaign rally after major security lapse
Last updated: 10:30pm (AEST) Butler, Pennsylvania Reuters Donald Trump was shot in the ear in an attempted assassination during a campaign rally on Saturday, an attack that will likely reshape this year’s US presidential race while raising sharp questions about security provided to the Republican candidate. In the moments after the shooting, Trump was swarmed […]
Here’s what we know about Thomas Matthew Crooks, the suspected Trump rally shooter
Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, US Reuters The FBI identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania as the suspect in Saturday’s attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump at a campaign rally. The suspect was shot and killed by the Secret Service seconds after he allegedly fired shots toward a stage where Trump and […]
First King Charles III red post box unveiled
London, UK Reuters The first red mail pillar box to bear the cypher of King Charles III was unveiled on Friday, keeping up a tradition dating back almost 175 years. The new box has been installed on the High Street in Great Cambourne, central England, and local school children will get to post the first […]
Ecuador court sentences five people for up to 34 years in candidate murder
Quito, Ecuador Reuters A court in Ecuador on Friday handed down prison sentences of 12 years and 34 years for five people found guilty of murdering presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. Journalist and former legislator Villavicencio was shot while leaving a rally in August, 2023, becoming the most prominent victim of Ecuador’s spiralling violence. Hugo Espin, […]
Pressure grows in Lisbon for referendum to tackle holiday rentals boom
Lisbon, Portugal Reuters Rosa Santos has lived in Lisbon’s historic neighbourhood of Castelo for decades but a boom in holiday rentals has made her feel like she does not belong. Plans for a housing referendum are giving her a glimmer of hope. “Lisbon has stopped being a city and became an amusement park,” 60-year-old Santos […]
Italian police free 33 Indian farm labourers from ‘slavery’
Rome, Italy Reuters Italian police said on Saturday they had freed 33 Indian farm labourers from slave-like working conditions in the northern Verona province and seized almost half a million euros from their two alleged abusers. Labour exploitation is in the spotlight in Italy following an accident in June in which an Indian fruit picker […]
World leaders condemn shooting at Trump rally, denounce political violence
Updated: 6:40pm (AEST) Washington DC, US Reuters World leaders have rapidly condemned Saturday’s attack on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania in which the former president was shot in the ear, expressing shock, denouncing political violence and wishing him a quick recovery. The Trump campaign said later that Trump, who is running again for […]
Australia PM tells Russia to “back off” after claims over espionage arrests
Sydney, Australia Reuters Russia accused Australia of inciting “anti-Russian paranoia” for charging a Russian-born couple with espionage, prompting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Saturday to tell Moscow to “back off”. The married couple, who hold Australian citizenship, were arrested on charges of working to access material related to Australia’s national security, though no significant compromise […]
Possible security lapses in focus after Trump rally shooting
Washington DC, US Reuters The attack on Donald Trump raised questions about how the Republican presidential candidate is protected on the campaign trail and what caused the apparent security lapses at Saturday’s rally. While information about the incident is still sparse, at least one person interviewed by the BBC said he had tried to alert […]
Being Volodymyr Zelenskiy: How war has changed Ukraine’s leader
TOM BALMFORTH, JOHN IRISH and MAX HUNDER, of Reuters, report on the man leading Ukraine’s defence in the face of a Russian invasion…